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While the temperature at the top of the mountain ranges from a minimum of 41° to 
a maximum of 68", the actual jungle temperatures are rather higher, ranging from 
65° minimum to 83° in midsummer. It will, therefore, require to be grown in the 
warmest and moistest part of the glasshouse or bushhouse and will need plenty of 
water in the Summer and enough to keep the bulbs healthy in the resting period. 
This is a useful species and makes a fine show in the late Spring. It is similar in 
form to Skinneri and Bow'ringiana. 
CATTLEYA LODDIGESII. Native of Lower Brazil and the Argentine. 
Stems about 12 to 15 inches in height, tapering towards apex with two oval shaped 
leaves. Flowers usually two or three on scape—about four inches across. Sepals 
and petals lilac; lip pale amethyst purple, with a yellow blotch on the disk and 
having a broad rounded front crinkled at the edge. An easily grown and pretty 
variety which will thrive under ordinary bushhouse conditions in Queensland. 
General culture as-for Cattleya bicolor. 
CATTLEYA LUEDDEMANNIANA. Native of Venezuela. 
A fine Cattleya of the labiata Mossiae group—and used in making some of the 
finest crosses. Flowers are large (about 8 inches across) and are produced two to 
four on a scape. Petals are much broader than sepals. Lip large and well shaped. 
Colour purplish rose all over except the front of the lip which is deep amethyst- 
purple with two yellow or cream blotches in the throat where there are also nar- 
row bright magenta stripes. 
Culture.—This plant should be grown in the warmer part of the glasshouse and 
requires the same attention as regards water as most other Cattleyas. It should be 
noted that this Cattleya needs plenty of fresh air and light. Syn. C. Mossiae aut- 
umnalis and C. speciosissima Lowii. 
CATTLEYA MENDELI. Native of Colombia. 
Pseudobulbs short and club-like, bearing a single leaf. Flowers large and hand- 
some. Sepals and petals large and broad and in the type are white or very pale 
pink. The lip is the same colour as the sepals and petals, but the spreading portion, 
which is very broad and has a crinkled and wavy edge, is a rich crimson-purple 
with a blotch of golden yellow in the throat. 
Treatment same as for Warscewiczii. 
CATTLEYA MOSSIAE. Native of Venezuela. 
A very popular species, of great variety and extremely beautiful. Stems, oblong 
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